UChicago Startup Turns Renewable Energy into Natural Gas (IMAGE)

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UChicago Startup Turns Renewable Energy into Natural Gas

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Fully operational since July, Electrochaea's one-megawatt BioCat facility near Copenhagen converts excess electrical power from wind turbines and waste CO2 from the neighboring water treatment plant into methane for the natural-gas grid.

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Photo by Ronnie Ranch Hedegaard, courtesy of Electrochaea

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